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Hello again...

I'm wanting to create a nice flashy animated banner for my site. I have a number of JPGs which I want to use as each 'slide' of the banner, I just need to know how to save them together as an animated GIF file... Bear in mind I have no idea about how to do this or whether I need some special software...

As per usual, any help appreciated, thanks in advance! :)

Col15 wrote:
> - Flash MX (poor quality GIFs result, though)

Wouldnt you be better off using Fireworks MX?

Hey DOm. When did you start that forum?

Still staying with Xsorbit I see.

It works fine for me I've stated making animated gifs, look on,
www.xsorbit4.com/users/abcdehg/index.cgi
my latest animation. is at the top of the page

not without knowing what browser they're using. Try asking other people and see what they find.

Well, I got Microsoft GIF Animator after much searching on microsoft.com to no avail (despite them saying it was freeware and could be downloaded, they neglected to provide any links to places it could be downloaded from...)

Anyway, created a little GIF animation, and all was fine. Until I asked a couple of people to check it out after uploading. Worked fine on my Comp, and on one other persons, but two reported it wouldn't work... :S

Anyone have any ideas why this might be...?

monkey_man wrote:
> Col15 wrote:
> Recommended programs:
>
> - Animation Shop (with Paint Shop Pro)
> - Microsoft GIF Animator
> - Flash MX (poor quality GIFs result, though)
> - GIF Construction Set Pro (http://mindworkshop.com)
>
> That's all I can think of at the minute, but it's a good selection
>
> Flash is designed to handle BMPs though. All other formats, either
> pasted or imported, arre subjected to some sort of optimisation
> algorithm that leaves them squishy and retarded.

Yeah, I found that out the other day! D'oh!

Sibs wrote:
> I have Dreamweaver MX... I know there's a Fireworks button on there
> somewhere, is Fireworks included with Dreamweaver...?
>
> If not I'll check out some of those downloads, thanks people!


It's not included (unless you have StudioMX) but it does integrate with it.

Col15 wrote:
> Recommended programs:
>
> - Animation Shop (with Paint Shop Pro)
> - Microsoft GIF Animator
> - Flash MX (poor quality GIFs result, though)
> - GIF Construction Set Pro (http://mindworkshop.com)
>
> That's all I can think of at the minute, but it's a good selection

Flash is designed to handle BMPs though. All other formats, either pasted or imported, arre subjected to some sort of optimisation algorithm that leaves them squishy and retarded.

I have Dreamweaver MX... I know there's a Fireworks button on there somewhere, is Fireworks included with Dreamweaver...?

If not I'll check out some of those downloads, thanks people!

For GIF animations, I never used anthing other than Fireworks MX or the GIMP (gimp.org/win32)